Where you can finally keep up…

After countless online parties and earning a ton of Usborne products for free and discount, I finally took the plunge and joined as a consultant with this month’s amazing special!

We have been huge fans of Usborne products for years – their books are so creative, engaging, and educational… I’m so excited to now have the opportunity to help friends earn and receive Usborne’s incredible products!

If any of my friends are interested in ordering, hosting their own party, or joining with this awesome deal, I would love to hear from you!

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June 2014:

We wrapped up our first “year” of Rivendell Academy. Successfully moved up to 2nd Grade (Keaton), 1st Grade (Benjamin) and PreK (Caedmon). We celebrated with certificates and a trip Pelican’s Snoballs.

July 2014

After that, we had Runner’s Camp – I volunteered at both June & July Camps, but Keaton attended only July camp (B & C went to mini camp).

Keaton participated in Javelin and placed 4th in his age group for High Jump!

Opening Ceremony at the July 2014 Track Meet

Keaton also participated in the 100m Dash and 100m Hurdles!

And then, July 8, Rivendell Academy began the 2014-2015 school year!

More fun is planned for the remainder of the summer — soaking up the beautiful, warm weather while we can! 😀

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I might have lost my ever-lovin’ mind, but I’m hosting a Jamberry party! If you know me at all, you know I’m very much a jeans, t-shirt, low (low LOW) maintenance kind of gal. I don’t like to spend a lot of time on hair/make-up/what have you… but then a friend showed me this:

And, well…I had to have it! 😉

And, another thing friends know about me… I’m cheap. I don’t like to pay full price for anything 😉 So, the best solution to get these ‘Bama ‘Jams’ for free (or cheap)… have a party!!!!

Shaana, my consultant, brought by some sample Jams for me yesterday, and the strangest thing happened… I might have fallen in love!!!

This is my first ever Jam. I was nervous… I’d never used anything like this before. Some initial take away thoughts:

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My goal was 6 months…I was going to consider this first homeschool “year” a success if we could make it 6 months and we all still liked each other and my kids didn’t run away.

Dramatic?

Yes. But. Seriously.

We did it!

It was so hard, and there were definitely days where I questioned if I had what(ever) it takes to do this.

Prayer. Amazing friends cheering us along the way. The laughter from the table when they should be doing math. Dr. Pepper. Some more prayer. Some more Dr. Pepper. And we made it 6 months, and almost to the end of our school year.

We’re planning on schooling “year round” because I’m lazy and like to take long breaks. So we’ll stop on June 11, wrap up Kindergarten, 1st grade, and Pre-preK. Do a few weeks of Runner’s Camp chaos. Pick back up sometime mid-July with 2nd grade, 1st grade, and Pre-ishK. 😉 (Can’t say no to Caedmon’s sweet face asking if he can do his ABC school one more time today…)

Benjamin finished up Math-U-See Primer today – the kid is a math whiz. I tricked them into playing a math game and started shouting out random addition problems, and Benjamin kept answering so quickly. Not fair that he gets a Math AND Creative brain!! 😀

Keaton is loving reading and spelling (maybe he is my kid after all!) He’s doing so well with it all, but these are his favorites. He often asks if we can skip “the other stuff” and do these “fun things” 😉 He even started cursive a few weeks ago (his request), and was doing great with it, but asked to go back to “normal writing” for a bit longer 😉

We’ll be adding in a few things this next school year (I’ll update on that soon), and hopefully will be getting together regularly with some friends for co-op (plans are in the works!)

Our family surpassed our goal (multiple times). We went for $300, then $500, then $700…then $1500… We ended up at an incredible $2,002!!!! I was simply blown away. We can’t thank our friends and family that sponsored us enough.

The weather for the Walk on Saturday was beyond perfect (we’ve had years where it was freezing cold, cloudy and windy on the day of…a year where there was drizzle off and on, and beautiful sunny days… this was by far the best).

It came time to announce the grand total. The goal was $175,000, and a handful of us were flipping out on Facebook as we hit that about 10pm Friday… But the funds kept rolling in…

Finally, we heard the news: $181,359.94

Simply amazing!!! Thank you again to each that gave for the cause of life!!!

Today is the final day of the Ultimate Homemaking Bundle sale! Don’t miss out on an incredible bundle of over 70 eBooks, audiobooks, printable files and more!

The topics are as follows:

And then there are the bonuses!

All of this is such a fantastic deal to allow you to better yourself as a wife, mom, and homemaker – and all the roles that may be included in that (chef, teacher, banker, event planner, doctor, and the list goes on and on!)

ALSO, if you have a few friends that want in on this amazing sale, save some money! There is a buy 2, get 1 FREE option, WITH the bonuses included!!

This would also make a great Mother’s Day gift, new mom gift, birthday gift, or even a fantastic “just because” gift!

And don’t forget about the “Pay in May” option! If you want the bundle but need to wait to pay for a few days, you do have the option to order the bundle but defer payment until May 1st. You can read more about the “Pay in May” option here.

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You asked, we listened.

We’ve heard from many who want to buy the bundle, but simply don’t have it in the budget until May 1st. Since the sale ends for good on Monday, April 28th @ 11:59 PM, we’ve come up with a way for you to have your cake and eat it, too. From now until the sale ends on Monday night, you can choose to order the bundle but defer payment until May 1st.

By completing this payment form, you are purchasing the bundle today, but your card will be charged on May 1st, 2014 in the full amount of $39.97 (Kindle version) or $29.97 (PDF version). Once it has been processed, you will receive access to your bundle.